Political Crime

It is in the early morning hours of January 1, 2017 when the dead body of what appeared to be a hit-and-run accident was discovered. Traffic homicide detective Mollie Foley realized that the death of Jonathan Stover was a premeditated murder. Was his murder related to his job as an investigative agent in the anti-terrorism division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? Or was it personal and related to his past?

Los Angeles den 4. december, tre uger før første juledag. Den erfarne lommetyv Angela Wood er netop blevet færdig med dagens arbejde. Seks hundrede syvogfirs dollars. En god løn for femten minutters arbejde. Da hun fejrer sin indbringende dag med en drink, fanger en af barens gæster hendes opmærksomhed, da han er ubehøvlet over for en ældre mand. Angela beslutter sig for at give ham en lærestreg og stjæler hans dyre lædertaske.

As the lives of two characters intertwine around a single defining event, a series of utterly chilling experiences is revealed, sparking a nail-biting race to find the truth...and justice. A riveting, searing and devastatingly dark thriller, The Source is also a story about survival, about hopes and dreams, about power, abuse and resilience...an immense, tense and thought-provoking debut that you will never, ever forget.

Years ago, police detective Kevin McClain was captured and tortured when he was an airborne ranger in Somalia. Now, years later, the mutilation murder of a homeless man brings back a flood of unpleasant memories. At the same time, FBI agent Felicia Knight is busy tracking down a terrorist cell purportedly set to strike in our nation’s capital on the eve of the presidential election. What neither McClain nor Knight realizes is the two cases are secretly connected by a sinister plot more diabolical and far-reaching than either of them can imagine.

Der Autor Thomas Kiehl nutzt in seinen Thrillern verhaltensbiologische Phänomene als Ansatz für die Ermittlungen. So zeigt er interessante Parallelen zwischen menschlichem und animalischem Verhalten. In diesem Politthriller entwirft er ein beängstigendes Zukunftsszenario, das sich als überraschend realitätsnah herausstellt: So konnten wir während der Corona-Pandemie das Entstehen neuer Parteien und politischer Bewegungen ebenso beobachten wie einen kleineren Börsencrash im März 2020.

Filip Berggren är en ung diplomat som nyligen tillträtt sin första utlandstjänst vid Sveriges ambassad i Mexiko City. Under en tillställning lär han känna Laura, en orädd mexikansk journalist som fått tips om att högt uppsatta män inom både affärslivet och politiken är inblandade i knarkaffärer. Hennes plan är att skriva en artikelserie om det, men först behöver hon tillräckligt med bevis. Via Laura dras Filip in i en värld av korrupta affärsmän, köpta politiker och kompromisslösa maffiamedlemmar.

Presidenten vet att det är ett livsfarligt uppdrag. Allt står på spel; om han utfärdar ordern kan han eliminera ett globalt hot en gång för alla, men om uppdraget misslyckas kommer han ställas inför riksrätt och hotet mot nationen kommer förvärras mångdubbelt. Så presidenten vänder sig till de enda som kan lyckas med det omöjliga: Will Robie och Jessica Reel. Det finns ingen yrkesmördare som kan mäta sig med dem. Men det finns högt uppsatta personer som misstror dem och som inte litar på att de ska lyda order.

Will Robie är den amerikanska regeringens skarpaste lönnmördare. Han skickas på uppdrag i politiskt otillgängliga, och framför allt farliga, länder. Tack vare honom når hoten aldrig USA:s gränser. Hemkommen efter ett uppdrag som skakat den annars så behärskade Robie i grunden, verkar hans färdigheter ha övergett honom. Utan förmågan att avfyra ett vapen är han vilse, i jobbet såväl som i livet. När hans far åklagas för mord återvänder han till sin hemstad, en stad där ingenting egentligen har förändrats sedan han lämnade den.

Billionaire entrepreneur David Traynor has big dreams for fixing a broken government in his first term as president of the United States. In the months before his inauguration, he’s developed daring and, in some cases, secret strategies to solve the climate crisis, force Congress to work again, and rebuild America’s economy - and that’s just the beginning. Everyone in the capital is scrambling to adapt to the new disruptor in chief’s bold agenda, though many, both at home and abroad, also want to see Traynor and his steely vice president, Wendy Upton, fail.

Nedsänkt på jorden, som om det var hans första dag, börjar en man en resa. Han färdas i en gul sportbil, från söder till norr. Hans tanke är att sanningen finns i det rena. I logiken, i matematiken. Att ett par i Österlen begår självmord, en son i Växjö sätter en yxa i sin moders huvud, att det i Arboga utbryter en våldsvåg, att en ung man i Danderyd svälter sig till döds, ligger utanför hans intresse. Som ringar på vattnet växer färden. In i nyheterna, in i politiken, in i samhällsdebatten. Mannens namn är Tom Cooper.

Das Thriller-Debüt von Thomas Herzsprung, der als Tommy Herzsprung den LovelyBooks Leserpreis 2019 und Skoutz-Award 2018 gewonnen hat. Er will dir helfen? Dann renn um dein Leben! Die Morgendämmerung taucht den See im Stadtwald in ein unwirkliches Licht. Am Ufer liegt eine tote junge Frau. Bis auf ein Leinentuch um die Hüften ist sie nackt. Wohl platzierte Schnitte ziehen sich entlang der Venen über Arme und Beine. Ihr Mund ist eine blutige, zahnlose Höhle, der Schädel kahl rasiert.

Former Budapest cop Attila Feher would really like to see art expert Helena Marsh again, so he arranges a contract for her to determine whether a painting is a copy of a famous Artemisia Gentileschi canvas or the real thing. A simple appraisal becomes a dangerous assignment when usual eastern European gangsters show up and people start dying and the seething corruption that underlies the lost promise of post-Soviet Hungary swirls to the surface. In a race to get to the truth and to outwit her adversaries, Helena and Attila must solve the mystery of the painting’s origins.

Investigative journalist John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth, so being kicked when he’s down comes with the territory. Having lost the one woman who was always there to pick him up, the former war correspondent is doing his best to turn his life around without her. He has a new job. He’s given up the drink. He even has a dog. But then Federal Police raid his home with a warrant granting them unprecedented powers to take anything they want.

A narrative that originates in the garment industry of mid-century New York, which produced over 80 percent of the nation's dresses at the time, Murder in the Garment District quickly moves to a national stage, where congressional anti-corruption hearings gripped the nation and forever tainted the reputation of American unions. Replete with elements of a true-crime thriller, Murder in the Garment District includes a riveting cast of characters, from wheeling and dealing union president David Dubinsky to the notorious gangster Abe Chait and the crusading Robert F. Kennedy.

Beyond These Walls is an ambitious and far-ranging exploration that tracks the legacy of crime and imprisonment in the United States, from the historical roots of the American criminal justice system to our modern state of over-incarceration, and offers a bold vision for a new future. Author Tony Platt, a recognized authority in the field of criminal justice, challenges the way we think about how and why millions of people are tracked, arrested, incarcerated, catalogued, and regulated in the United States.

No subject is more hotly debated than the extreme measures that our government has taken after 9/11 in the name of national security. Torture, extraordinary rendition, drone assassinations, secret detention centers (or "black sites"), massive surveillance of citizens. But while the press occasionally exposes the dark side of the war on terror, and congressional investigators sometimes raise alarms about the abuses committed by US intelligence agencies and armed forces, no high US official has been prosecuted for these violations.

The media calls it a "miracle" when air charter pilot Will Stewart survives an aircraft in-flight breakup, but Will's miracle pales beside the stunning aftereffect of the crash. Barely on his feet again, Will and his police sergeant wife, Andy, race to rescue an innocent child from a heinous abduction. Will penetrates the dark world of urban gangs in the opioid trade while struggling to control a fantastic tool for justice—and praying it doesn't kill him first.

#inkürzetot Wenige Worte machen die aufstrebende Wiener Nachrichtensprecherin Nadine Just über Nacht berühmt: Vor laufender Kamera kündigt sie ihre Ermordung an – zwei Stunden später ist sie tot! Ebenso ergeht es dem Blogger Gunther Marzik nach einer ganz ähnlichen Ankündigung. Während die österreichische Medienwelt kopfsteht, fluten Nachahmerbeiträge und Memes das Netz. Wie soll Fina Plank, die junge Ermittlerin der Wiener "Mordgruppe", zwischen einer echten Spur, einem schlechten Scherz oder schlichtem Fake unterscheiden?

The Wildbird family has dedicated themselves to wildlife protection for generations. This passion turns mission when a politically potent hunter slays two family members. These brutal murders demand revenge. Distinctive retaliation, guided by family elders, generates a new religion. An illicit enterprise linking Yellowstone to Glacier National Park becomes their single-minded creed in honor of the slain. This distinctive reprisal bolsters the Wildbird’s quest to build their illicit wildlife corridor, unwittingly subsidized by Montana state taxpayers.

Dawood Ibrahim es uno de los criminales más ricos y buscados de todo el planeta en la actualidad. En este relato a caballo entre la ficción y la historia real, seguimos el electrizante viaje de Dawood de la India a Inglaterra, y de ahí a Argentina, en una misión para acabar con un diplomático iraní. Sin embargo, hay fuerzas ocultas que tienen planes diferentes para Dawood... si consiguen atraparlo. Una bomba de relojería en forma de libro imposible de abandonar.